Zootaxa

A rapid international journal for animal taxonomists

Revision of 12 papers on Coleoptera in September 2010 from Mon, 2010-10-18 03:48

 

 

Article 
Zootaxa 2629: 47–60 (29 Sep. 2010) 10 plates; 32 references                         Accepted: 21 Aug. 2010
Description of a new species of Pentarthrum Wollaston (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae) from China with an annotated checklist to species of the World
YOUSSEF M. OMAR (Egypt), RUNZHI ZHANG (P.R. China) & STEVEN R. DAVIS (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2629: 1–28 (29 Sep. 2010) 5 plates; 24 references                              Accepted: 16 Jul. 2010
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) medius (Kugelann, 1792)—a good western
palaearctic species in the Onthophagus vacca complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini)
ECKEHARD RÖSSNER (Germany), JOACHIM SCHÖNFELD (Germany) & DIRK AHRENS (UK)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2627: 39–56 (27 Sep. 2010) 8 plates; 27 references                             Accepted: 2 Sep. 2010
Phylogeny of the weevil genus Rhinusa Stephens based on adult morphological
characters and host plant information (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
ROBERTO CALDARA (Italy), DAVIDE SASSI (Italy) & IVO TOŠEVSKI (Switzerland)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 2622: 65–67 (23 Sep. 2010) 0 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 3 Sep. 2010
Nomenclatural changes within West Indian Acanthocinini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae)
CHARYN J. MICHELI (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2621: 45–62 (22 Sep. 2010) 4 plates; 2 references                              Accepted: 30 Aug. 2010
Review of Taophila, a genus endemic to New Caledonia
(Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae : Eumolpinae)
G. ALLAN SAMUELSON (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2620: 29–44 (22 Sep. 2010) 6 plates; 38 references                            Accepted: 17 Aug. 2010
A description of Promanodes serafini gen. et sp. nov. from Baltic amber,
with a review of related New Zealand Promanus Sharp, 1877 (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae)
JI
ŘÍ KOLIBÁČ (Czech Republic), HEIKO SCHMIED (Germany), TORSTEN WAPPLER (Germany) & DANIEL KUBISZ (Poland) 
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Article 
Zootaxa 2619: 27–38 (21 Sep. 2010) 7 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 10 Aug. 2010
Taxonomy of the genus Indoquedius Blackwelder (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae:
Staphylininae) of China with description of four new species
ZONY-YI ZHAO & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2610: 50–68 (13 Sep. 2010) 8 plates; 53 references                             Accepted: 5 Aug. 2010
Larval morphology, development, and notes on the natural history of
Cephaloleia “rolled-leaf” beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
CARLOS GARCÍA-ROBLEDO, CAROL C. HORVITZ & CHARLES L. STAINES (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2610: 27–49 (13 Sep. 2010) 7 plates; 172 references                           Accepted: 5 Aug. 2010
Introduced leaf beetles of the Maritime Provinces, 9: Chaetocnema concinna (Marsham, 1802) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
LAURENT LESAGE & CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA (Canada)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2602: 1–47 (3 Sep. 2010) 1 plates; 269 references                              Accepted: 21 Jul. 2010
An annotated synopsis of Taiwanese bark and ambrosia beetles,
with new synonymy, new combinations and new records (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
R. A. BEAVER (Thailand) & L. Y. LIU (R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2601: 37–44 (2 Sep. 2010) 3 plates; 16 references                               Accepted: 6 Aug. 2010
Larval and pupal morphology of Pyractonema nigripennis Solier (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Photinini) and comparative notes with other Photinini larvae
MIGUEL ARCHANGELSKY (Argentina)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2601: 28–36 (2 Sep. 2010) 3 plates; 15 references                                Accepted: 5 Aug. 2010
Sphaerocetum gen. n., a new genus of the Protosternini from Peninsular
Malaysia (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae)
MARTIN FIKÁ
ČEK (Czech Republic)
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